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species can scarcely be the same as the one in question, but it is probable that 



we should take his diagnosis with some latitude. 

 A reference to the species recently described by Dr. Giinther from two 



specimens in the British Museum, under the name Phycis rostratus, may be 



here appropriate. The habitat of the species is unknown; it was suggested 

 that the specimens ought, perhaps, to be referred to P. americanus, (= P. chuss), 



" but that species appears to have considerably longer ventral fins." "P. 

 Dekayi, briefly noticed by Kaup, is stated to have the body more elevated than 

 P. americanus ; and the ventrals, nearly or quite twice as long as the head."* 

 The lateral line of P. rostratus, has about 150 scales, and there are "ten 

 series of scales between the anterior dorsal and the lateral line ;" "the ven- 

 tral extends the origin of the anal," but yet is " not much longer than the 

 head." The specimens are eight inches long, or about the same size as those 

 of P. tenuis, here described. From this notice, P. rostratus appears to differ 

 from either of the two here enumerated. It remains, however, to ascertain 

 whether it is an American fish, and then whether it is not MitchilPs Gadus 

 tenuis. 



Genus UROPHYCIS Gill. 



Urophycis REGIUS Gill. 



Blennius Schcepf, Ges. N. F., viii. pt. 2, p. 142. 



Biennius regius Walbaum, Art., p. 186, 1792. 

 Enchelyopus regalis BL Schn., p. 53, 1891. 

 Gadus blennoides Mitch., Med. and P. Reg., iv . p. 1814. 

 Gadus punctatus Mitch., op. cit., iv. 



Phycis punctatus Delay, N. Y. F., p. 292, pi. 46, f. 149, 1842. 

 Phycis regalis Kaup, Arch. f. Nat., 1858, i. p. 89. 

 Hab. New York. 



Subfamily LOTINuE Gill. 



Genus MOLVA (Flem.) Nilsson. 

 Molva vulgaris Fleming. 

 Gadus molva Fabr., Faun. Groenl., p. 148. 

 Lota moPa Storer, Syn. 

 Hab. Greenland. 



Greenland representatives of this genus have been identified by European 

 naturalists with their Molva vulgaris. I am not acquainted with the Amer- 

 <an type, except through such sources. 



Subfamily CILLIATINuE Gill. 

 Genus ONOS Risso. 

 Les Musteles Cuv., R. A., 1817, ii. 215. 

 Onos Risso, Eur. Merid., iii. 214, 1827. 

 Mustela Stark, Ed. 1, p. 425, 1828. 

 Gadus Fleming. 



Bonaparte quotes the Gaidropsarus mustellaris, of Rafinesque, among the 

 Synonyms of his Motella mediterranea, which is the M. tricirrata of authors. 

 Rafinesque gave the following diagnosis of the genus and species in the "In- 

 dice d Ittiologia Siciliana :" 



"Genere Gaidropsarus. Pivdi un raggio all' ale giugulari, due ale dorsali, 

 la seconda delle quali e reuniata coll' ala caudale, e con l'anale " Gaidropsarus 

 mustellaris. Quattro barbette, due alia mascella superiore, e due all' inferiore, 

 ale giugulari con due raggi inuguali. Sinonimia, Mustella Rondelet, lib. 9, cap. 

 16, fig." 



* The statement of the length of the ventrals is In the diagnosis of a section (a) of the 

 genus. 



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